Here's my series of photos.
Starting with...
And here's my final version...
And here's my mark-up...
Let me discuss my mark-up and go from there.
In my view, the real action is the location, and not the clouds. People who vacation in Banff want to show and tell others about where they've been. Dramatic clouds can happen anywhere.
So I wanted to bring out more colors and more color differentiation. Starting on the left hand side, I wanted more attention to the golden leaves. Moving clockwise across the street, I wanted to bring out color and detail in the trees. Notice how the different trees are colored slightly differently. Going across the street, the same thing. I wanted to draw out color and color differentiation. The Larch trees are turning color, so it is important to tease out that color. Even the traffic light now has some action in it, which is good.
In the center of the picture is the downtown core of Banff. Extra color and vibrancy is good, but it is too far in the distance to place too much emphasis.
In the immediate foreground, I wanted to draw out more color and detail of the plants going horizontal across the fence path. And I wanted to bring out the red color in the plant at the center post. It's already October and Banff is high in altitude, so it has likely already experienced early morning frosts. So the plants might not look their best at this time of year. But I want them to look as good as possible.
The original sky I am ambivalent about. My sky is too dramatic. It steals some attention from the more important parts of the picture. If I were to spend more time--I spent about five minutes--I would reduce the impact of the sky. My sky should be more muted.
Stuart's version and my version are closely related. If some find my version a bit too loud, a blend between Stuart's and mine might be a good mix. I like Stuart's sky better than mine.
By the way, here the Google Map location is found
here.
Lat: 51°10'18.526"N
Long: 115°34'16.733"W
Altitude: 1391m